From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
To: davem@davemloft.net, donald.hunter@gmail.com
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, edumazet@google.com, pabeni@redhat.com,
andrew+netdev@lunn.ch, horms@kernel.org, shuah@kernel.org,
sdf@fomichev.me, linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH net-next 5/5] tools: ynl: cli: add --policy support
Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2026 17:53:37 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260310005337.3594225-6-kuba@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260310005337.3594225-1-kuba@kernel.org>
Add --policy flag which can be combined with --do or --dump to query
the kernel's netlink policy for an operation instead of executing it.
Examples:
$ ynl --family netdev --do dev-get --policy
{'ifindex': {'max-value': 4294967295, 'min-value': 1, 'type': 'u32'}}
$ ynl --family ethtool --do channels-get --policy --output-json
{"header": {"type": "nested", "policy": {"dev-index": ...}}}
$ ynl --family netdev --dump dev-get --policy
None
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
---
tools/net/ynl/pyynl/cli.py | 12 ++++++++++++
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
diff --git a/tools/net/ynl/pyynl/cli.py b/tools/net/ynl/pyynl/cli.py
index b452d4fb9434..fc9e84754e4b 100755
--- a/tools/net/ynl/pyynl/cli.py
+++ b/tools/net/ynl/pyynl/cli.py
@@ -256,6 +256,8 @@ RELATIVE_SCHEMA_DIR='../../../../Documentation/netlink'
schema_group.add_argument('--no-schema', action='store_true')
dbg_group = parser.add_argument_group('Debug options')
+ io_group.add_argument('--policy', action='store_true',
+ help='Query kernel policy for the operation instead of executing it')
dbg_group.add_argument('--dbg-small-recv', default=0, const=4000,
action='store', nargs='?', type=int, metavar='INT',
help="Length of buffers used for recv()")
@@ -308,6 +310,16 @@ RELATIVE_SCHEMA_DIR='../../../../Documentation/netlink'
if args.dbg_small_recv:
ynl.set_recv_dbg(True)
+ if args.policy:
+ if args.do:
+ pol = ynl.get_policy(args.do, 'do')
+ output(pol.attrs if pol else None)
+ args.do = None
+ if args.dump:
+ pol = ynl.get_policy(args.dump, 'dump')
+ output(pol.attrs if pol else None)
+ args.dump = None
+
if args.ntf:
ynl.ntf_subscribe(args.ntf)
--
2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-10 0:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-10 0:53 [PATCH net-next 0/5] tools: ynl: policy query support Jakub Kicinski
2026-03-10 0:53 ` [PATCH net-next 1/5] tools: ynl: handle pad type during decode Jakub Kicinski
2026-03-10 0:53 ` [PATCH net-next 2/5] tools: ynl: move policy decoding out of NlMsg Jakub Kicinski
2026-03-10 0:53 ` [PATCH net-next 3/5] tools: ynl: add short doc to class YnlFamily Jakub Kicinski
2026-03-10 0:53 ` [PATCH net-next 4/5] tools: ynl: add Python API for easier access to policies Jakub Kicinski
2026-03-10 0:53 ` Jakub Kicinski [this message]
2026-03-11 2:40 ` [PATCH net-next 0/5] tools: ynl: policy query support patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
2026-03-11 11:30 ` Donald Hunter
2026-03-11 18:35 ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-03-12 17:17 ` Donald Hunter
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